At 3-3, Texas A&M and Jimbo Fisher stuck in neutral

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS >> Texas A&M’s $75 million plan with Jimbo Fisher is stuck in neutral.

The Aggies are 3-3 and out of the Top 25 for the first time this season after losing 47-28 at home to No. 1 Alabama. And while two of those losses have come against top-ranked teams, the Aggies appear no closer to emerging as a contender in the SEC West in Year 2 under Fisher than they were before.

The schedule has been brutal and Saturday’s crowd of 106,000-plus has so far been willing to follow Fisher’s calls to “trust the process,” but they eventually will expect to win some of those games, not just put up a good fight in a loss.

Life in the SEC is tough, but that’s what Texas A&M wanted when it made what former school President Bowen Loftin called the “100year decision” to move from the Big 12. There are three teams from the state of Texas ranked in the AP Top 25 and Texas A&M isn’t one of them.

To be fair, with just six seniors, the Aggies have one of the youngest teams in the SEC and lost their two top running backs this season to injury. And they face a midseason stretch of four winnable games starting next week at Mississippi. But then they end the season with consecutive road trips at Georgia and LSU.

Win one of those two at the end and the Aggies can claim progress. Lose them and Texas A&M is

Fisher was left to lament missed opportunities against Alabama. Texas A&M led 7-0 after driving down the field to a touchdown on its first possession but quickly capitulated to trail 24-13 by halftime. still spinning in circles.